Tale of Murasaki A Novel

Name: Tale of Murasaki A Novel
Price: 2.79 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780385497954

ISBN-10: 0385497954

ISBN-13: 9780385497954

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Liza Dalby

List price: $16.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy used: $7.87

Marketplace

3 new & used from $2.79

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

The Tale of Murasaki is an elegant and brilliantly authentic historical novel by the author of Geisha and the only Westerner ever to have become a geisha. In the eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu wrote the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji, the most popular work in the history of Japanese literature. In The Tale of Murasaki, Liza Dalby has created a breathtaking fictionalized narrative of the life of this timeless poet–a lonely girl who becomes such a compelling storyteller that she is invited to regale the empress with her tales. The Tale of Murasaki is the story of an enchanting time and an exotic place. Whether writing about mystical rice fields in the rainy mountains or the…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Dably (popular author of Geisha and Tale of Murasaki) vividly recreates kimono and those who wore them through the centuries, exploring Japanese culture as well.